Monthly Archives: November 2016

disillusioned

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we cut our teeth reciting pledges,
innocents, reeking of privilege,
wagons hitched to dead stars, dangling
o’er fields gained by sly finagling
sworn allegiance to vain pipe dreams
promises bigger than they seem
dare not question how, why, where?
the what’s don’t matter, for’s don’t care
following suits, confess, repent
incorruptible, heaven sent
slaying the many for the few
to give the piper king his due
try to set sheep and goats apart
but evil lurks in ev’ry heart.

kat ~ 4 November 2016


Creep Race

privilege creeps in
to thwart have nots from having
one must rig the race

kat ~ 2 November 2016

A haiku for Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge, prompt words: Creep & Race. The original painting is public domain attributed to Martin van Meytens.


Twittering Tales #3 – 1 November 2016

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The results are in for Twittering Tales #2 based on this photograph from last week:

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Boardwalk Crowd of People Walking – Pixabay.com

Thanks to Kathryn and Sudha once again for submitting their flash of twittering fiction.

“Ummm, do I dodge left or right at the oncoming wall?”-Kathryn  at Another Foodie Blogger

He knew what was at the beach. So, he stood staring at the people walking towards the beach, wondering whether to disclose or not??Sri Sudha K  at her blog HERE.

and here’s mine:

He lost her number, so he scanned each face in the crowd where they met, hoping to find her. He wouldn’t have cared, but she was “the one”.  ~kat

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If you’d like to join in the fun this week, here is another photo prompt from Pixabay.com:

A little about the challenge:  Each Tuesday I will provide a prompt, and your mission, if you choose to play along, is to tell a story based on that prompt in 140 characters or less.

If you accept the challenge, be sure to let me know in the comments with a link to your tale. A final note: if you need help tracking the number of characters in your story, there is a nifty online tool that will count for you at charactercountonline.com.

I will do a roundup each Tuesday, along with providing us a new prompt.

Have Fun! 🙂

My Twittering Tale for this week:

They were an unlikely duo, often mistaken for “deplorables”, but they were “nasty”, no doubt about it, staking their claim on Election day.   kat ~ 1 November 2016
(139 Characters)

 


lullaby

lullaby

when the night is still,
amber lit, from horsehair walls
memories whisper
century-old tales slip through
the parting of the veil

kat ~ 1 November 2016
(Tanka- 5 lines/syllables 5/7/5/7/7)